Some Desperate Glory

Beowulf arrives at Herot, he boasts about himself and brags by saying, “’the days of my youth have been filled with glory’” (4 142-143). Beowulf describes all of the monsters that he killed and explains that “’death was my errand and the fate they had earned’” (4 158-159). Beowulf requests to fight Grendel alone and promises to do it without any weapons because he wants all the glory to himself and wants to prove that he is the strongest man on earth. He also seems to know that he will win and says

the reader of soldiers who had gone to war with a strong nationalist idea, but ended up facing the horrible reality with induced shell shock (Owen 1-2). The language of the first stanza may surprise the reader, as it is barely appropriate for the glory of the battlefield where heroes are supposed to be found. As the soldiers lethargically persevere, or “marched asleep” through the blood that surrounded them, the slow rhythm of stanza allows the reader to somewhat empathize with the rugged troops

A hero leaving the world in a fiery blaze and in all of his glory to which his enemies honored him after his valiant battle. Marcus Junius Brutus (June 85 BC - October 23, 42 BC) is the infamous, tragic hero in ancient Rome and in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Brutus was infatuated with Rome, made hazardous decisions, and then his expiration; not only was Brutus the best tragic hero in his time in the Roman era, but rather the best of all time.     Brutus was loyal to Rome. Fortunately for him, he

butter. Peanut butter has quite a few important nutrients as well as protein, some fats, a little bit of fiber, and it’s pretty high on calories. Peanut butter can also last for about a year while on the shelf and that is very important because you don’t want to be making constant food runs. Make sure you also

stanza, the author tells how their troubles and triumphs changes them. The poem states “And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, his hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin; my friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some

England was dealing with some heavy issues concerning their monarchy. After the madness, England was brought some peace "Under the Bill of Rights, drafted in 1689, William and

it is better that there will only be a small number of people who will be killed. "If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss;" He goes on to say that if there is victory, there will be a greater share of glory and honour to be divided out among those that come through the battle. King Henry goes on to say "That he which have no stomach to this fight, Let him depart." The king was prepared to pay for the return to England of any

redeem their people. Hebrews tells us how the people that were called in to redeem the people of Israel were faulty and flawed. Gideon lacked the courage, Barack was a hesitant leader, Samson lusted after women, and Ehud was left-handed; these are some of the major flaws the leaders of this age faced. Ed Hindson and Gary Yates explained, “Because a judge could only partially and imperfectly administer Torah (legislative function), execute Justice (executive function), and condemn law-breakers (judicial

undesirable happenings in our lives. Many who lived to see the horrendous times of World War 2 have used this phrase to achieve both these ends, for it gives them some small comfort to think that there is some grandiose and powerful meaning behind the happening s of this tragedy. However, as nice as it would be to imagine that there was some deeper meaning to it, WWII was a war not very different from other wars; at least, not in how it came to happen. It had similar causes to many wars; peace was attempted

No more war! No more war! No more war! Many authors have fought in war and experienced it themselves. Some of those authors did not agree with war. Writers protest war using irony, structure and imagery. Irony is when something happens other than what is expected. Kevin Powers shows irony in D when he explains how he was “taught your whole life there is no making up for what you are doing… then even your mother is so happy and proud” (Powers). He was taught his entire life one thing but is later